<div dir="ltr"><div>On the flip side of that coin, I have two customers here in Houston who each have a Baldwin </div> <div>SD 10's. Just normal, average (but nicely kept) houses. One is a very accomplished performer and the other is just an older guy taking lessons at U of H in their Prepatory/Continuing Studies program but who's nuts about anything piano! Very good customers. Wish I had more like them! </div> <div> </div> <div>Avery Todd<br></div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 11:09 PM, Thomas Cole <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tcole@cruzio.com">tcole@cruzio.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"><font face="Arial">The thing I notice all too often is that the wealthier the owner (and larger the house), the smaller and more cheaply made the piano. I've been in places, whose living room could contain our whole house, to tune a spinet and almost jokingly suggest that they get a grand piano, only to hear, "Oh no, we don't have room for a grand piano." <groan><br> <br>Tom<br></font><br>Fenton Murray wrote:<br> <blockquote cite="http://mid001001c8f42c$ea2bb350$6401a8c0@murrayb76fc788" type="cite"> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">And another thing, Tom, digressing ever so slightly. Why is it that 'rich folk' want me to leave a bill, and 'poor folk' pay me in cash? Happens over and over, oh well. </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Fenton</font></div></blockquote></div></blockquote> <div> </div></div></div>